Clinical Nurse Specialist

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Warrington; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Warrington is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist to offer expert care and support to patients facing life-threatening illnesses. You will work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team, manage the palliative care team, and provide education to healthcare colleagues. The ideal candidate will be a registered nurse with advanced communication skills and have broad clinical experience in palliative care. This role includes flexible working hours and requires dedication to improving patient quality of life.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Qualifications

• Broad range of clinical experience in palliative care.
• Ability to travel independently across the Trust.
• Evidence of own continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide emotional and psychological support to patients and families.
• Manage an active workload and prioritise care effectively.
• Support ethical decision-making issues in end-of-life care.

Skills

Advanced Communication skills

Emotional support

Complex patient management

Education

Registered general nurse

Masters level modules

Continuing professional development

Job description

Go back Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Nurse Specialist

The closing date is 01 January 2026

To provide evidence-based advice and support to patients with a life‑threatening illness and their carers, working collaboratively with multi-professionals across primary and secondary care.

To provide specialist advice, education, and training to all members of the multi‑disciplinary team across all care settings.

To work in conjunction with the Clinical Manager and the Palliative Care Team in the development of cancer and end‑of‑life services across Bridgewater Community Healthcare Trust.

Working Hours are 30 / week

Main duties of the job

To have managerial responsibility for the Warrington Palliative Care team, providing articulate, motivational leadership to facilitate development of the team and service.

To provide highly specialised evidence‑based advice and support to patients with a life‑threatening illness and their carers, working collaboratively with multi‑professionals across primary and secondary care.

To provide highly specialist advice and education and training to all members of the multi‑disciplinary team across all care settings with regards to End of Life and Palliative care.

To work in conjunction with the Operational lead and the Palliative Care Team in the development of end‑of‑life services across Bridgewater Community Healthcare Trust.

About us

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.

At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver our NHS services in your local community.

They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and promote wellbeing in the communities we serve.

After all, values are about people and they were created in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was important to them.

Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.

P- Person‑centred - We are passionate about individual needs and promote independence in the healthcare we provide.

E- Empowered - We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.

O- Open and Honest - We behave in a way that develops relationships based on trust, openness, honesty and respect.

P- Professional - We support our people, so everyone has the right skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.

L- Locally Lead - We are always learning about our communities and show great pride in being a local provider of health and care.

E- Efficient - We use our resources wisely to provide sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.

Job responsibilities

Carry out clinical practice that is complementary to the Primary Healthcare team that will contribute to an improvement in the quality of life for patients.

Use high level analytical and decision‑making skills to deliver appropriate clinical care, using advanced clinical skills in assessment and/or diagnosis.

Provide clinical and specialist advice across professional and organisational boundaries.

Liaise closely with the multi‑disciplinary team in planning care for the person with palliative care needs.

Work closely with managerial colleagues to promote service quality within palliative care.

Support managers and cancer leads to achieve appropriate targets for palliative care and cancer strategies, to develop locally sensitive services and support access initiatives in cancer care based on the Cancer Plan / Supportive and Palliative Care Guidance (NICE).

Support and advise on the development of palliative care services throughout organisations, advising on quality and standards of service delivery.

Manage an active workload, utilising skills to prioritise and assess care.

Prepare and produce appropriate reports for primary care organisations and other appropriate organisations.

Participate in the production of reports for Macmillan Cancer Support and maintain links with them both locally and nationally.

Provide information for the minimum data set.

Evaluate service delivery; identify areas for improvement and initiate change.

Ensure the effective and efficient use of physical and financial resources, making recommendations regarding supplies and equipment.

Participate in peer and clinical supervision.

Contribute to the work of the Integrated Cancer Network and ensure the community nursing perspective is communicated to ICN members.

Participate in the developments of nursing and other strategies promoting the key role for nurses and other strategies.

Support the case management of identified patients.

At all times, function as a role model for other nurses using developmental processes to succession plan for future posts.

Supporting and advising colleagues on ethical decision‑making issues in relation to end of life issues.

Provide emotional and psychological support to the patient, family, and carers throughout the period of illness, in specific complex cases.

Perform communication skills to support patients' palliative/terminal care needs including complex issues such as breaking bad news and care of the dying.

Please see full Job Description attached.

Person Specification

Job Specific Requirements

• Ability to work in an emotive environment.
• The ability to travel independently across the Trust.

Qualifications

• Registered general nurse or relevant professional qualification.
• Masters level modules or equivalent level of experience.
• Advanced Communication skills training and/or education.
• Evidence of own continuing professional development.

Sponsorship

• Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share‑codes will be checked if applicable).

Experience

• Broad range of clinical experience in palliative care.
• Experience of complex patient management.
• Experience of multi‑professional working.
• Service development and change management.
• Risk Assessment and management.
• Community Experience.
• Audit Experience.

Relationships

• If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust